Indirect Tax Junior Analyst

Verisure is looking for an **Indirect Tax Junior Analyst **to join its growing Group Tax team. This newly created position will be based in our **Finance Centre of Excellence and Shared Services Centre** in the Lisbon metropolitan area. The successful applicant will report to the Group Indirect Tax Senior Manager (based in Paris) and interact on a daily basis with colleagues in Portugal and throughout Europe.

In this role, your main responsibility will be to ensure Verisure’s European legal entities comply with their Indirect Tax (e.g., VAT, Intrastat) reporting obligations towards the authorities.

**The company’s success depends on its people, and it invests in them every day. Working with Verisure is being part of an industry leading world-class company that has a strong entrepreneurial spirit.**

Strategic context and value proposition

Over the past years, Verisure has experienced an exceptional and resilient financial performance with a very long track record of double-digit growth - owing to a continuous drive for innovation, our very sophisticated go-to-market approach, and a replicable business model for expansion into new countries. Our strong and visionary management team is now supporting the business’ next phase of growth with a robust business plan for value creation.

On the back of the extraordinary growth, we have enjoyed in the past years, the company is eager to streamline its Finance processes, not least Tax. As major General Accounting, Accounts Payable and Treasury activities have already been shifted to the Lisbon shared services centre, a logical next step is to move the ownership of Indirect Tax filings to a single point of contact.

As the business is gradually shifting its ERP to Oracle Fusion Cloud, this role is an opportunity to be associated to Finance technology rollouts from end to end, and to truly leverage the power of automation in the area of taxes.

Responsibilities will include, among others:

- Timely and correct preparation of VAT returns and other related declarations for legal entities with VAT registrations in various European countries, including:

- review of the purchase and sales ledgers;
- analysis of sample source documents from a VAT perspective;
- investigation into business operations from an Indirect Tax standpoint;
- reconciliation of general ledger with VAT filings;
- Support to in-country Finance team during tax inspections and routine queries from tax authorities;
- Setup and operation of VAT compliance technology;
- Financial data processing;
- Document archiving;
- Research into tax process improvement and automation;
- Active cooperation and communication with internal clients;
- Participation in various tax projects.

Experience and Qualifications

**We see this role as **critical for the achievement of Verisure’s growth and organisational transformation goals as the Lisbon shared services centre is intended to deliver excellence and efficiency gains.**

As a result, we are looking for a **self-starter **and **high potential** **/ top performer** individual who will combine **Indirect Tax knowledge**, **business acumen** and **tech-savviness** with a proactive mindset focused on driving value to the business.
- Ideally 1 to 2 years of previous experience with European Indirect Tax compliance. Applications from recent/upcoming graduates in Finance and/or Tax will be considered as well.
- Experience with Microsoft Navision and/or Oracle Cloud Fusion an advantage.
- Proficient use of Microsoft Excel.
- Fluency in English, other European languages are a plus.

Competencies
- Good communication skills, able to navigate in a multicultural environment.
- Readiness to actively expand tax knowledge (mostly VAT and customs, possibly also excise and withholding corporate income tax).
- Ability to demonstrate commitment and ownership.
- Reliable co-worker despite partly remote management setup.
- Deal positively with changes and transformation, even with short notice.
- Accuracy and diligence.
- Humble, comfortable and effective in a hands-on, team-oriented environment.
- Self-starter, eager to continuously improve processes and procedures.
- Working effectively in a team environment and collaborating with colleagues across different departments is important for this role.
- High level of attention to detail is vital.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize workload and meet deadlines.

Strong fit with our Company DNA
- Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly.
- Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline.
- Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it’s a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are keen to learn continuously.
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